San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-06-29

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lire, the Latter irIn,irj.,u,lv ,.rr,,,,r =, III,
dense mass before Vim with a Winchester
reprater. and I also had another shot or two
with the result that 80 far AZ we couId
Judge. we mt SOM. ciplt or ten men hOrs de
coDlbJt brior, they cot ont of range.
just as we STONED firing there came an
ominous ROAR from our far right. then a
similar roar from our left The two other
divisions were engaging rs.
At the sounJ the mass of men before us
Op.np,I ont n LITTLE. and cam, ON toward the
hill up the spit of bare grassland at a slow
trot. singing, a d,ap-tIrpi trI song as they
advanced, We Kent mn 4 steady fire from
our rifles as they cam. .uoSi Joining in Oc-
caSionaIIy. and accounted for several men.
but of course prnlIcri no more effect upon
that mighty rush of armed humanity than he
vino throws pebbles does ON the advancing
wave.
On they came with , shout and cIashinp
of Spears. now they were driving in the ont
posts we had uI,crd anime t,r rocks at the
foot of thr hill After tina. the advance WAS
n Iitt,, slower for aIthoush rs vet we had
offered II, scri,u, nnno,ition. the attacking
fore. had tn cnu,r mn hill and cnma sIoyvIv
10 save their breath Oar first line of de-
fens, was abnrI, half way nm tr,, side our
sccoud fiity yard, further hazel; while nur
third o.,.,rpirI thp r,Iop of the Main.
On they came shouting their war cry,
'"rwall! Tv,Iol Chirlr, Cbirlrr crwaI,r ,
TyaIa, Sm,f.l Sm,t,l "Irnosir Iounsii
Chjple, Cbi,lrr' answered orr rrnnlr
Tncv wpr, ouitn close now ami th. trlias
or tirnwiu.,-,;uiyp, ne .,u IA flash hack ,y..rL
and forward and uny with an o,yfuI ell
the battle cl,r,,.j in
TO and fro ,,yu,. 4 i.,r mass of stru,,r,iug
warriors men f2lsuv thick rs leaves in an
autumn yyiul. lam hpfnr,. lon, the sn,,rinr
welrht of th,. attlrkiug force hogan tn tell
and our first line o. d,fpn,. was SLOWLY
pressed back. till it mpr,rd into the second.
Here the struggle WIS vrry fierce but again
our people were back and up, till at length.
within twenty minutes of the commencement
of the fight, our third line came into action
But by this time the ASSISTANTS were much
exhausted, and hrd besides lost many men
killed and woun led, and TO break through
that third impenctra5lc hedge of spears
proved beyond their powers. For awhile the
dense mass of struggling warriors swung
backward and forward in the fierce ebb and
flow of battle, and the issue was doubtful.
Sir Henry watched ii, desperate struggle
with trembling csc, AMI then without a
word he rushed off. followed by Good and
flung himself into the hottest of the fray. As
for myself | stopped where was.
The soldiers caught sight of his tall form
as he plunged into the b,ttle, and there ioSe
n cry of
"Nuziu HicIdJur' NIrre is the E'ephantD
"Chicic! ChdiC!'
From that moment the issue was no longer
in doubt. inch BY inch. lighting with dies
pnrate gaIantry, the attacking force was
pressed back down the hillside. til at last it
rrtrratrd upon its reserves in sometime like
confusion. At that moment too a meSSen.
ger arrived to say that the left attIcl, hld
been rrpulSrd; and | WIS just beginning to
congratulate myself that the affair was over
for the present, when, Ia our horror, We per
criyed our men who had bren engaged in